NEWS & EVENTS

The Nation's Report Card: 2015 Mathematics and Reading Assessments

This online report presents results from the NAEP 2015 mathematics and reading assessments. The report includes national and state results on the performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students. Results are presented in terms of average scale scores and as percentages of students performing at the three NAEP achievement levels: Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. In addition to overall scores, results are reported by racial/ethnic groups, by gender, and by type of school. The 2015 trend in national average mathematics scores show a decline at both grades since the last assessment in 2013. Average scores for reading in 2015 declined at grade 8; there was no significant change in the reading score for fourth-grade students. Over the long term, however, scores were higher in 2015 in both subject and grades compared to the initial assessments in the early 1990s. In addition to national and state results, the report includes highlights from the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA).